After Cardinal Jerome and Cardinal Lawrence collapsed and lost their competitors, Cardinal Patrick successfully entered the final election.
In addition, Cardinal Hilmeria from Naian also became one of the final electors.
As soon as this news came out, everyone's eyes were immediately shocked. Everyone's first reaction was disbelief.
Everyone has only three thoughts: first, it’s impossible; second, it’s impossible. Third, it’s still impossible~!
How is this possible?
How could that woman, that young girl who had just graduated, become a red archbishop at such a young age?
There has never been any precedent for this in Fantino's thousand-year history.
You must know that it is not so easy to become a red archbishop. The Holy See is a super large monopoly group with power spread across the entire continent. It has a strict organizational structure, its own army, and enforces its own laws. It is a powerful organization with rights that transcend the country.
The great cardinal is the highest management of this organization, that is, the board of directors of the Holy See. He truly holds real power, and his status is higher than that of the king of a small country. He is a big shot that everyone looks up to on the road.
There are millions of employees under the Holy See, but there are only a few dozen cardinals. You know how important this position is.
Wanting to be a great cardinal is extremely difficult. It requires both qualifications and ability. It also requires a good background, good luck, popularity, prestige...etc., etc.
These conditions are indispensable.
The last person who set a record for promotion and became the youngest cardinal was fifty years ago. That person was already forty-nine when he became a cardinal. At that time, he was called
He was a young man with great potential and talent, and he also made a splash in the history of the Holy See.
Hilmeria, on the other hand, simply broke this record and set a precedent in the thousand-year history of the Holy See. She became a red archbishop before she was even twenty-three years old.
This was completely jaw-dropping.
Based on this alone, Hilmeria has become a legendary figure in the history of the Holy See and an idol for all female clergy.
But now, she is determined to run for the Pope, and has entered the final stage of the campaign. No matter how you look at it, it is a bit incredible.
At just such an age, Hilmeria is about to complete the triple jump in life and hit the ultimate goal.
This can be said to have subverted many people's understanding of the Holy See on the mainland.
Gambling casinos in many places on the mainland have discovered that they are profitable, and now they have all given up on the previous Mark Six lottery, stocks, futures, and even the most profitable football lottery, and shifted their attention to this.
This is a rare event in decades, and the whole continent is the focus of attention. Naturally, it must be organized perfectly.
Mr. Ma said: "A profit of 300% will make people crazy."
Now all kinds of transfer beasts are jumping out, commenting on the great significance of Hilmeria's candidacy for the Pope and the possibility of her becoming the Pope. People across the continent are also going crazy. What everyone is discussing all day long is
Mysterious elections at the Holy See headquarters.
When these bastards saw the astonishing profits behind it, they went crazy and had stage three epilepsy and meningitis.
They openly set odds for this papal election. They were not afraid of the wrath of the Holy See. They would hold everyone accountable afterwards, accuse them of blasphemy, and throw them all into the hard labor field to dig sand.
Of course, this also has something to do with the banker behind them. The biggest banker behind them is Flying Eagle International Co., Ltd. Now everyone knows that the Flying Eagle Group is huge, and they are the only ones who are not afraid of the Holy See and dare to stand up to the people of the Holy See.
Go ahead and do it.
Now this multinational company has a super trust, a monopoly business empire, and a domineering style. Wherever it can make money, it must have a foothold.
Moreover, Feiying Company relies on its powerful and unparalleled strength. After joining in, it adopts a full-scale strategy. It is completely like the local tyrant in the shopping mall. It does less work, exerts the least effort, takes the least risk, but gets the most out of it.
The most money.
So much so that when people mention it, they all love and hate it, and affectionately call the company's chairman - that damn little fat guy, the 'Thunder Tiger' who eats people without spitting out bones.
The implication is quite obvious, that is to say, although the little fat man is not very old, he is very sophisticated in his actions. When he encounters prey, he is like a tiger, opening his huge mouth and swallowing even the dregs of the opponent.
And this time is no exception.
Feiying Company relied on its powerful marketing network across the entire continent to open gambling games. In order to make more money, under Lorraine's instructions, they even directly manipulated the odds and engaged in black-box gambling.
*do.
At first, the news was just released that Cardinal Hilmeria had little chance of winning, so the odds of her being elected were extremely high.
After a while, he said that she is the star of hope in Naian and the savior of the orcs. She has millions of believers in the development alone. She is kind-hearted, willing to do good, and at the same time hates evil. She is an extraordinary talent that the Holy See has not seen in a century.
It's like angels came to the world to save all people from the fire and water.
A little while later, there was news that she was related to the Almohad queen, the Nazi.
Later, another news came that Cardinal Patrick used despicable means to frame Cardinal Lawrence, and also forged evidence to frame Cardinal Jerome...
There are all kinds of rumors flying all over the place, so much so that people have no idea what is true and which is false.
Some of these rumors are intended to create chaos and suppress Patrick.
For others, Lorraine started out as a skilled chess player and considered the future situation. To pave the way for future events, make arrangements in advance and inoculate the common people.
Usually people who believe in this and people who believe in that will get into fierce arguments. It is best to wave your fists and try to persuade and deal with it when you are angry. Anyway, it is true and false, false and true, and the whole continent is tossing it.
People want to die.
After this fatigue bombing, when Hilmeria really becomes the first female pope, people will not think that it is unacceptable for a woman to become the pope, and will even accept it as a matter of course.
Come down. This is called a *** offensive. This is what Lorraine saw in her previous life as a way of promoting people.
This will also make it easier for Hilmeria to control the entire continent in the future.
Cardinal Patrick did not know the power of this attack at first and was caught off guard.
You know, although the cardinal archbishops of each diocese are in control of their own diocese, they have to consider their own position and situation when facing fierce world discussions.
At the very least, when facing the questioning of the heavyweight aristocratic senators in the diocese, we must give corresponding explanations. We cannot directly tell those ruffians who have nothing to do but eat all day long: "I just like to vote for Patrick."
If you don’t accept the vote, will you bite me?”
Those ruffians have all been bribed by Lorraine and are one of the bosses behind that gambling game.
According to the odds carefully calculated by Lorraine, if Hilmeria wins, then they can make a fortune. But once Hilmeria loses, they will suffer heavy losses.
Those bastards have always been used to being arrogant, and they have the same problem as the Cixi witch who only wanted to live another three to five hundred years - if he doesn't make it easy for me, I will never make it easy for him~!
In order to make up for their losses, they will definitely go against their own red archbishops, leading the common people to carry out anti-rent and anti-donation campaigns, etc., and stumbling upon those big bosses.
By that time, everyone will really be in bad luck.
Therefore, under the persuasion and lobbying of local nobles, several wavering red archbishops lost their will and joined Hilmeria's camp.
Now is the last chance for the election. Regardless of whether you win or lose, you must choose your side.
There is no future for just being a fence-sitter. If a person is alone and isolated, no one will like him.
When the time comes, no matter which party comes to power, the first thing to deal with is these wallflowers. Firstly, it can free up space for personal affairs, and secondly, it can kill chickens and scare monkeys to frighten the hostile party.
It turns out that the cardinal archbishops of Lawrence's line and Jerome's line of cardinals completely failed in this papal election because their leader fell, and the entire faction collapsed.
Because Lorraine's frame-up was so successful, everyone thought that the downfall of Lawrence and Jerome was all caused by Patrick. Out of anger towards him, or out of sympathy for the two unfortunate friends, everyone immediately
They all turned to support Hilmeria.
As a result, Hilmeria's power suddenly increased greatly.
But even though everyone in Lorraine tried their best, in the eyes of those die-hards, her weaknesses were too obvious. Firstly, she was young, and secondly, she was a woman.
Under this circumstance, those guys chose to support Cardinal Patrick more firmly out of prejudices formed over the years.
Lorraine found that although many people had joined his side now, they were still weaker than Patrick and were at a relative disadvantage.
Fortunately, the final election of the pope is different from the election of the president in the United States. Everyone is directly elected by one person, one vote. And it must obtain more than three-quarters of the votes and be recognized by everyone in order to win.
This requires candidates to make promises to those who hold the votes, so that their policies are in line with everyone's interests, thereby ensuring the stability and development of the Holy See. Only in this way can they gain the support of others, which is essentially the same as before the election of members.
Pretending to be close to the people, going out to the streets and holding hands with everyone to say good things and praying for votes are all for the sake of that vote. As for the promises after being elected, that will be discussed after being elected.
The competition now has entered a fierce stage.
Since they are evenly matched, and no one can take a step back until now, both sides have used a variety of conventional and unconventional means to win this war.
In the Guangming Grand Council, the two sides were quarreling every day.
Everyone first compares each other's image to each other.
For example, "You bastard"
"You stupid pig"
"You son of a bitch"
"..."
At this time, the competition is about whose voice is louder, whose lung capacity is sufficient, and who can spray his spit into the opponent's face, he will win.
Then in the second stage, they expose each other’s secrets.
"You peeked at girls taking a shower back then."
"Your hands and feet were dirty and corrupt."
"Thirty-seven years ago, you lent me three gold coins to go to the shampoo room for a massage. Please pay me back now."
"..."
At this time, everyone is competing to see who can peel off the scars hidden deepest in the other's heart, making them more bloody. If the scars can be peeled off with blood and veins, you can get more points.
In the third stage, everyone will have an explosion of their small universe. They will directly transform into Sailor Moon... uh, bah bah bah... directly become street gangsters and start the PK showdown.
The most famous among them is the Three Musketeers in Red. They are friends with Obachum and Pope St. Paul, and have formed a political alliance for many years. Not only are they powerful, but they are also brave and good at fighting, and they are extremely powerful. In mainland China
It has a great reputation.
Although Archbishop Adoras is nearly ninety years old, because he liked to steal someone's girlfriend when he was young, he often made decisions with others, so he is good at swordsmanship. When he used the Dugu Nine Swords, one sword turned into nine swords.
The move is ruthless and invincible.
The Red Archbishop Bodosi, nicknamed Iron King Kong, is tall and fat, charges into battle, and is invincible.
In one-on-one situations, his strength may not be fully demonstrated, but as long as there is a group fight, er, a group battle, you can see how powerful he is.
When fighting, like a heavy chariot, as long as it rushes hard, it can easily tear through the enemy's defense line. Even six or seven people can't withstand his impact, and then the rest of the people rush in from the gap.
He walked in, picked up the opponent and beat him wildly.
If others fought openly and openly, then the Red Archbishop of Alamo acted like a thief and assassin, beheading the enemy generals directly in the midst of thousands of troops.
This is a shady master. Under normal circumstances, he will hide behind, throw a tea cup, smash a chair, etc. But as soon as the enemy reveals a flaw, he will sneak over quietly, and then use his feet to
A stumbling block, grab the vital point in your hand, and then a big monkey steals peaches, a small monkey picks grapes, etc. The enemy will scream in pain and be defeated immediately.
And Patrick’s side is not a provincial one.
Although most of them are politicians and bureaucrats, and their general fighting power is not strong, but adhering to the characteristics of professional politicians, they are also extremely vicious. Not only do they have a slight advantage in numbers, but they are also extremely organized and orderly in advancing and retreating.
, unite as one. It’s on par with Hilmeria’s side.
As the host, Obachm must also pay attention to his identity and not be too obvious, but within the scope of his authority, he is still a big deal.
Even so, I banged the wooden hammer so loudly every day that my tired wrists got inflammation. Every afternoon after work, the first thing I did was to go to Lester and ask for some plasters to put on my hands.
Although it seems a bit embarrassing for him to do this as a red archbishop, the magician's medicine is more effective in dealing with such fatigue injuries.
These days, everyone's life has been extremely regular.
Get up early in the morning, have a good meal, take a short rest, and then enter the Sistine Chapel to convene the sacred, solemn, yet lively Great Council of Holy Light.
Everyone was divided into two groups and sat down. Then Obachm knocked on the wooden hammer to announce the meeting, and then everyone started a team fight.
First there was a group of laughs, and then the two sides started pointing at each other and yelling. Then they started a small-scale commotion. They poked each other with their fingers and pushed each other twice.
Then, they started throwing teacups and fighting with chairs.
As the war situation entered a fierce stage, all the command systems of both sides had failed, and everyone began to fight. At this time, the personal abilities of these big bosses were most tested.
These old guys have all been battle-hardened for a long time. They are all treacherous, slippery, and vicious, making people stumble and steal peaches, and they use all kinds of dirty tricks.
Leo's comment on this was: Even if Zhao Zilong came, he would not be able to escape from this tight siege.
Although Lorraine did not speak, she was very satisfied with Leo's evaluation.
By the time both parties were so tired that they lay on the ground unable to move, the sun had already set to the west.
Obachm just knocked on the wooden hammer and announced the adjournment of the meeting. Everyone tidied up, and then went back to eat. They dealt with their own affairs, then took a good rest, and went to bed early in the evening to refresh themselves for the next day.
So that we can continue to fight in the world.
The life we all lived during this period was extremely fulfilling. Although it was painful, it was also deeply memorable.
Many years later, those big guys who are still alive often think about these days and can’t help but recall: What a happy life they lived in those days~!
Originally, everyone thought that such a fulfilling and happy life could go on forever, but until one day, the stalemate in the campaign was broken by a sudden news.
As if dreaming and waking up, Lorraine heard a banging sound on the door.
He thought it was Leo who was causing trouble again, so he cursed and turned over to go back to sleep.
But then I heard an anxious voice: "My lord, my lord..."
Lorraine suddenly woke up.
He raised his head and looked out the window, and saw a waning moon hanging in the sky. The night was still very deep, and it was the time when he slept the most deeply in the night.
He immediately put on his clothes and stood up. If he could call him at this time, there must be something urgent.
Lorraine came to the door. When she opened the door, she saw a low-level priest. The man looked familiar.
Lorraine thought about it for a moment, and then remembered that this person was a close confidant of Saint Paul.
He couldn't help but wonder, why did he come to see him at this time?
The attendant saw his doubts, and immediately bowed and said: "Sir, your Majesty has something important to ask you. Please come over as soon as possible."
Lorraine was stunned and said: "What on earth is going on?"
The attendant bowed again and said expressionlessly: "Sir, I am only responsible for conveying orders. I just know something very important."
Lorraine glanced at him twice, but seeing his expression, she knew that even if she asked, it would be in vain. Then she snorted slightly dissatisfied.
But this is an invitation from His Majesty the Pope. Even if she doesn't want to go, if she doesn't go, she will be charged with contempt for the Holy See. What's more important is that Hilmeria will get angry and say that she didn't treat her father
Put it in the eyes. It's just looking for faults, picking noses and eyes.
Does Hilmelia still have a life in her belly? Lorraine knew that she couldn't afford to offend this aunt now, and everything had to go her way.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "Okay, just wait a moment. I'll go change some clothes."
After a while, the attendant was a little anxious waiting, so Lorraine put on her clothes and came out again.
Lorraine looked at him, smiled, and said, "Sorry, I've been waiting for a long time. Let's go."
The attendant did not hesitate immediately, agreed, and then took the first step and walked outside.
Lorraine followed him and came to the hall together, only to see Obachum and Lester already waiting there.
He looked at the other two people who also had dazed and sleepy looks on their faces. It was obvious that they had also been woken up in a hurry while sleeping.
Lorraine and them looked at each other. It seemed that the two old guys had no idea what was going on.
The attendant nodded to them, and then led the three of them out together.
The hall became empty during the neutral hour.
But then, a head wearing a nightcap appeared from the corner. That little face, plump and fair, with pink makeup, was none other than Young Master Leo.
And above his head appeared a fat, big head also wearing a nightcap, it was Xiao Bai.
The two little guys got up together at night to have sex.
These two bad guys are both stupid and bold, and are never afraid of the dark.
Moreover, they were all very particular about getting up and sleeping. They didn't go to the toilet or look for a chamber pot. They had to find the largest and most beautiful flower in the garden outside, and then they looked at the flower branches and waited.
The next morning, I was happy to see that the whole plant was burned to death by their children's urine.
The two of them got up to have sex. As soon as they came out of the room, they heard some noise, so they sneakily ran over to see what was going on.
At this time, they saw the figures of everyone in Lorraine disappearing into the night. They looked at each other and then followed them quietly.
Lorraine followed the attendant through the garden, and he found that the knights who were guarding and monitoring him were all missing. It was as if they had never appeared.
Lorraine couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling. It was obvious that those people had been evacuated. The reason for the evacuation was simply that there were secret things that they didn't want others to see.